im on your side the others can go smear lipstick lol
increase in posts about putting non-Mopar parts in A-Bodies
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im on your side the others can go smear lipstick lol
demon seed
The Original Demon Seed
I don't have a problem with Mopar people using aftermarket or even GM and Ford "Parts" on their abodies I can even look the other way at GM trannies being used. I'm on the fence with using Ford 9"s mostly because they're so damn stiff when trying to push the car in neutral and if I wanted the ultimate beef for racing I'd go Dana 9 3/4". What I don't agree with, and never will, is the use of non Mopar mills under the hood. JMHO.
inkjunkie
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i am going to end up with a GM4l80 for a trans and a 9" for a rear. I need an overdrive (with a lockup) that will live behind a 800 horse or so Hemi. Plus I am also not paying for this trans, just swapping a 300 gallon aquarium set up for it. And the 9", I got the housing, a Currie 9+ for free. Plus the ability to change gears by just swapping center sections is appealing. I would not trust an 8 3/4 at this power level.
ringydingydingd
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cudaspaz
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I gotta GM one wire alternator from Summit under the hood.
It was about $100 cheaper than the pretty Mopar one and works just fine.
I like it because it makes the purists cry, ........actually my whole car does.LOL.
It was about $100 cheaper than the pretty Mopar one and works just fine.
I like it because it makes the purists cry, ........actually my whole car does.LOL.
waggin
moving on ain't easy if you drive a Ford :p
I'm cryin cause it ain't sittin in my yard that thing is awesome!!!!
dgc333
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I love to rattle the purists when the start picking on the non-stock items on my car.
I tell them if I couldn't modifiy it I would have sent it to the crusher.
I tell them if I couldn't modifiy it I would have sent it to the crusher.
:evil2::snakeman::snakeman::snakeman::snakeman::snakeman::snakeman::snakeman::snakeman:
the engine bay is body color but I am getting rid of my Tbars in favor of an altekation! It's aloso getting a high output 1 wire.
It does have a 366 ci 360 and a close ratio A833 and an 8 3/4 3.55 sg 742
the engine bay is body color but I am getting rid of my Tbars in favor of an altekation! It's aloso getting a high output 1 wire.
It does have a 366 ci 360 and a close ratio A833 and an 8 3/4 3.55 sg 742
ringydingydingd
member jr.
if your duster (or dart sport or whatever) were a woman
tobysoldblue
tobysoldblue
as in not made by mopar,or mopar performance,then you are no different than the guy who uses a chevy part,or ford part on their car,imo.About the only thing left of my dart thats all mopar is the outer shell!The engine is modified with parts not all from mopar,as the trans,and rearend.It dont have mopar made guages,or seats,or wheels,or brake shoes,etc,etc,etc.So hoe is that really any different?Sure,the purists pass by my car when they see it out somewere,but then i pass by there "Pure"HEMI restored car with my little 318 all while laughing and knowing i have a lot less $$$ in my car than they have in there mega bucks,slow going resto cookie cutter of a car!
ringydingydingd
member jr.
Aspen. Sorry for the goof. I am not into anything made past 1968 really so FORGIVE me...
As far as the main premise of the thread is concerned, let me clarify since there are now alot of dudes piling on with descriptions of their Big 3 Frankenstein cars.
Classic speed parts = good (i.e. weiland, edelbrock, cragar, american racing etc.)
Modern improvements upon stock parts = good (i.e. Alterkation, SSBC or Wilwood disc brakes, etc.)
Ford or Chevy parts = bad
this should not be a fringe point of view on a Mopar forum.
As far as the main premise of the thread is concerned, let me clarify since there are now alot of dudes piling on with descriptions of their Big 3 Frankenstein cars.
Classic speed parts = good (i.e. weiland, edelbrock, cragar, american racing etc.)
Modern improvements upon stock parts = good (i.e. Alterkation, SSBC or Wilwood disc brakes, etc.)
Ford or Chevy parts = bad
this should not be a fringe point of view on a Mopar forum.
SpeedracerX
Still on this side of the dirt member
Here I go, adding my 2 cents..LOL ... My point of view has always been the same.. I am a HUGE believer in 'to each his own'... I say if your name is on the title you have the right to do whatever you want to your car, as long as it makes you happy.. There will always be purists.. every car guy out there knows this about their respective camps.. the Mopar guys who bleed Mopar only, the Chevy guys with their Calvin stickers pissing on the Ford guys.. and on and on.. blah blah blah.. I personally just dont get caught up in all that....
I say if you believe that the Mopar should only have 100% Mopar parts (or what was deemed acceptable aftermarket parts) then so be it.. cool with me... If your cool with using GM or Ford parts as a workable, affordable, and do-able solution.. cool as well.. I dont judge either way.. If I see a cool car and notice it sports parts from other manufactuars, oh well.. I thought it was cool before I noticed that.. to me its still cool... and I also appreciate the 100% true all brand specific cars... Its all good to me...
Personally I try to keep it all Mopar, (or again, with the 'acceptable' aftermarket parts) ... but if I were in a bind, and a non Mopar part would fix my issue i.e. GM of Ford.. then I would use it..
What irks me, is when dorks at car shows look at my Dart, and turn their noses up and make snide comments because my 360 currently sports a q-jet under the air cleaner.. I cant tell you how many times I have overheard things such as, 'that asshole put a Chevy carb on a Mopar... ' ... here's the deal.. my 360 came out of a mid 80's Dodge motor home.. It came from the factory with that GM junk carb... Ma Mopar herself did that.. not me...Now i have a nice Holley 650 double pumper thats gonna go on there, but that q-jet has served me well the past 4 years I have been cruising the car... it would be nice if the know it all snobs, actually knew it all for real before they start passing judgement on me or my car...
But thats sort of getting off the original topic.. lol.. again I say, you only live once, life is short, so I feel do what you want with your vehicle as long as at the end of the day, your happy
I say if you believe that the Mopar should only have 100% Mopar parts (or what was deemed acceptable aftermarket parts) then so be it.. cool with me... If your cool with using GM or Ford parts as a workable, affordable, and do-able solution.. cool as well.. I dont judge either way.. If I see a cool car and notice it sports parts from other manufactuars, oh well.. I thought it was cool before I noticed that.. to me its still cool... and I also appreciate the 100% true all brand specific cars... Its all good to me...
Personally I try to keep it all Mopar, (or again, with the 'acceptable' aftermarket parts) ... but if I were in a bind, and a non Mopar part would fix my issue i.e. GM of Ford.. then I would use it..
What irks me, is when dorks at car shows look at my Dart, and turn their noses up and make snide comments because my 360 currently sports a q-jet under the air cleaner.. I cant tell you how many times I have overheard things such as, 'that asshole put a Chevy carb on a Mopar... ' ... here's the deal.. my 360 came out of a mid 80's Dodge motor home.. It came from the factory with that GM junk carb... Ma Mopar herself did that.. not me...Now i have a nice Holley 650 double pumper thats gonna go on there, but that q-jet has served me well the past 4 years I have been cruising the car... it would be nice if the know it all snobs, actually knew it all for real before they start passing judgement on me or my car...
But thats sort of getting off the original topic.. lol.. again I say, you only live once, life is short, so I feel do what you want with your vehicle as long as at the end of the day, your happy
waggin
moving on ain't easy if you drive a Ford :p
where does it all end? you raised up a point and a point of view but with the parts being rare to scarce for some it leaves them to frankenstine some fine machinery together with scrap's. I'm not gonna diss on em for using ford or gm or amc parts on there ride, I cant's stand ricer car's but when I see them I do look at the good and compliment them, as a car builder you learn to respect other car builders' I'm sorry to say there are some snooty types out there with a lot of negative thing's to say about how others build their cars but then again. they are missing the point..........The hobby is alive and well and the purist's have nice car's but you won't see me hangin out at their party 
ccasion: I'd be bored to death. If they are chevy guy's puttin chevy power in a mopar they may feel a little unwelcome in the mopar camp but if they are mopar guy's puttin mopar power into a chevy you suppose they don't belong with the chevy camp? Hmmmmm where do these guy's belong? I guess if they are kewl about it they can hang at either place. Funny I can hang with ford guy's or chevy guy's or ford guy's and not a have a problem but then again I don't push my likes on them. Purists have their place in any camp but their opinion of modifications may not be welcomed everywhere, for example a guy had plenty to say about how I ruined my waggin by modifying it the way I did......Tough cookies it's my car and I bleed mopar :grommit:
ccasion: I'd be bored to death. If they are chevy guy's puttin chevy power in a mopar they may feel a little unwelcome in the mopar camp but if they are mopar guy's puttin mopar power into a chevy you suppose they don't belong with the chevy camp? Hmmmmm where do these guy's belong? I guess if they are kewl about it they can hang at either place. Funny I can hang with ford guy's or chevy guy's or ford guy's and not a have a problem but then again I don't push my likes on them. Purists have their place in any camp but their opinion of modifications may not be welcomed everywhere, for example a guy had plenty to say about how I ruined my waggin by modifying it the way I did......Tough cookies it's my car and I bleed mopar :grommit:It's all good, my '71 swinger is all mopar, 440 4spd Dana 410 (oops that cam out of a ford truck, but now has the same axles as an 8 3/4) Other then that it is all mopar.
My '68 Newport is all mopar as well except for the MSD.
The '70 challenger convertible /6 3spd on the floor that I am looking to buy will stay all Mopar as well.
The Aspen though is my mutt and I love it, besides what factory hood scoop would fit the funny shaped hood that an F body has?
jeryst
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I think its all a matter of degree.
People have been doing it for decades under the name "Custom", "Streetrod". etc. They took a body that appealed to them, then added the coolest looking, best performing, or most cost efficient parts that they could find. Ford 9" rears, Jaguar suspensions, Hemi motors, etc.
And what exactly is a non-Mopar part? Holley made carbs for Chevies, Mopars, Fords, and God know who else. So is a Holley a non-Mopar part? People put third party performance parts on their cars, and they are readily accepted. So if you put another brand part on your Mopar, it just carries the theme a little further.
A car will always have an unbreakable kinship with the car brand that it started out as. A Dart, will always be an A-body, regardless of whether it has a 340, a 350, or a 351, so that Dart should always be welcome at FABO.
Having said that, I dont believe this is the place to discuss your B-body, or E-body, or Camaro, or Mustang. There are other groups for that, and that's where you should go to find people you have common ground with. I own several different body style Mopars, several different body style GM products, and a Studebaker. When I'm on here, I discuss the Dart, because that's what FABO is all about. When I want to discuss the others, I go to other forums.
People have been doing it for decades under the name "Custom", "Streetrod". etc. They took a body that appealed to them, then added the coolest looking, best performing, or most cost efficient parts that they could find. Ford 9" rears, Jaguar suspensions, Hemi motors, etc.
And what exactly is a non-Mopar part? Holley made carbs for Chevies, Mopars, Fords, and God know who else. So is a Holley a non-Mopar part? People put third party performance parts on their cars, and they are readily accepted. So if you put another brand part on your Mopar, it just carries the theme a little further.
A car will always have an unbreakable kinship with the car brand that it started out as. A Dart, will always be an A-body, regardless of whether it has a 340, a 350, or a 351, so that Dart should always be welcome at FABO.
Having said that, I dont believe this is the place to discuss your B-body, or E-body, or Camaro, or Mustang. There are other groups for that, and that's where you should go to find people you have common ground with. I own several different body style Mopars, several different body style GM products, and a Studebaker. When I'm on here, I discuss the Dart, because that's what FABO is all about. When I want to discuss the others, I go to other forums.
G. G. LEVERETTE
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Mopar started this crap, Japanese cars with Mopar names, light weight starters and alternaters from the Japanese. How many are using KYB shocks, BFG radials? What about the dirt cheap intakes, heads and other after market goodies? Keep the A-bodies as original as possible "but" gotta run the MSD ignition with a mopar part number. I think the hobby is rapidly changing, with drivers anything goes, trailer queens and numbers matching cars are in another category.
dgc333
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FWIW, a cowl induction scoop is a timeless design and looks great on an F-body.
abodyjoe
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cudaspaz
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It could be for the right price. ha, ha.
cudaspaz
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You also gotta keep in mind budget.
There are alot of guys with cars sitting in their garage just waiting to be worked on and parts collected as time and money allows in between paying the bills and keeping the Wife happy with every purchase.
If a Ford 9" rear comes along at a great price instead of that more desired dana-60, then looks like the Ford rear may be getting bolted in for the time being just to get the car on the street.
We all know that these cars eveolve as time goes on, and everyone will tell you "they never get finished", well it's true.
Me for instance, my car is on the street finally after 8 years of penny pinching and dealing with life, but I still have things I want to change on it, but for the timne being I have to play the hand that I was dealt until I can afford to do what I really want to with this sucker.
I also tell myself that it is only a car and family comes first, and I will sell it in a heartbeat if the right offer came along.
I think that's why I don't get worked up over Mopar or non Mopar parts on the car because it really prompts off the wall comments from people at shows which can be very interesting at times.
My buddies like to stand by and listen to the thongs snap when the purists come by the car.
Some love it, some hate it so much they stick their nose up in the air and walk by all pissed off like.
Kids love it though, but I gotta keep the little bastards from climbing all over it at times.
There are alot of guys with cars sitting in their garage just waiting to be worked on and parts collected as time and money allows in between paying the bills and keeping the Wife happy with every purchase.
If a Ford 9" rear comes along at a great price instead of that more desired dana-60, then looks like the Ford rear may be getting bolted in for the time being just to get the car on the street.
We all know that these cars eveolve as time goes on, and everyone will tell you "they never get finished", well it's true.
Me for instance, my car is on the street finally after 8 years of penny pinching and dealing with life, but I still have things I want to change on it, but for the timne being I have to play the hand that I was dealt until I can afford to do what I really want to with this sucker.
I also tell myself that it is only a car and family comes first, and I will sell it in a heartbeat if the right offer came along.
I think that's why I don't get worked up over Mopar or non Mopar parts on the car because it really prompts off the wall comments from people at shows which can be very interesting at times.
My buddies like to stand by and listen to the thongs snap when the purists come by the car.
Some love it, some hate it so much they stick their nose up in the air and walk by all pissed off like.
Kids love it though, but I gotta keep the little bastards from climbing all over it at times.
ramenth
Gratis persona
Hence the reason I'll be running a cowl on the M-body, too. The Mopar scoops don't look good on that hood, and with a little shaping and molding I can turn the factory raised center hood line into a scoop. Form and function, using the hood that's on it.
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